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Author:  pcernie [ Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:13 am ]
Post subject:  Asda offers up £99 8-inch tablet
http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-co ... let-980127

The price of things these days, that's aiming for the 'curiosity/cheap git like me/mum would love that!/it'll shut the kids up' section of the market - I suspect that section has a very short sales timeframe :oops:
Author:  big_D [ Fri Aug 12, 2011 4:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Asda offers up £99 8-inch tablet
So, no tablet operating system installed, probably a 400mhz processor (going by what other similarly priced tablets have), that probably means it sales run will be until a couple have been sold in each store and word gets around that it is a dud.

I would bet that they won't have a demo model sitting on the shelf for people to try!
Author:  veato [ Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:03 am ]
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I've used a cheap tablet with resistive touchscreen and it was horrible. I'd rather save £100 and do without.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:53 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Asda offers up £99 8-inch tablet
big_D wrote:
So, no tablet operating system installed, probably a 400mhz processor (going by what other similarly priced tablets have), that probably means it sales run will be until a couple have been sold in each store and word gets around that it is a dud.

I would bet that they won't have a demo model sitting on the shelf for people to try!

But it might actually run Java for you.
Author:  big_D [ Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:14 am ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
big_D wrote:
So, no tablet operating system installed, probably a 400mhz processor (going by what other similarly priced tablets have), that probably means it sales run will be until a couple have been sold in each store and word gets around that it is a dud.

I would bet that they won't have a demo model sitting on the shelf for people to try!

But it might actually run Java for you.

It is Android, so no Java - only the non-standard Android RT
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:04 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Asda offers up £99 8-inch tablet
big_D wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
big_D wrote:
So, no tablet operating system installed, probably a 400mhz processor (going by what other similarly priced tablets have), that probably means it sales run will be until a couple have been sold in each store and word gets around that it is a dud.

I would bet that they won't have a demo model sitting on the shelf for people to try!

But it might actually run Java for you.

It is Android, so no Java - only the non-standard Android RT

Couldn't you replace it with linux and a full version of Java?
Author:  rustybucket [ Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:16 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Asda offers up £99 8-inch tablet
veato wrote:
I've used a cheap tablet with resistive touchscreen and it was horrible. I'd rather save £100 and do without.

I'm not being funny, but I've used the most popular expensive tablet with capacitive touchscreen and it was also horrible. I'd rather spend £500 on a computer with a keyboard
Author:  jonbwfc [ Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:26 am ]
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Well I've used a lot of £500 (and £400 and £250) laptop keyboards and they were uniformly horrible as well. You can't get proper size keys with proper travel on a laptop (or indeed pretty much any portable device), it's that simple.

Jon
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:44 am ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
Well I've used a lot of £500 (and £400 and £250) laptop keyboards and they were uniformly horrible as well. You can't get proper size keys with proper travel on a laptop (or indeed pretty much any portable device), it's that simple.

Jon

Why not get a proper keyboard and plug it in to a laptop. I used to keep my laptops on stands as well so that the screen was at a better height and could cool more easily.
Author:  rustybucket [ Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:49 am ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
Well I've used a lot of £500 (and £400 and £250) laptop keyboards and they were uniformly horrible as well. You can't get proper size keys with proper travel on a laptop (or indeed pretty much any portable device), it's that simple.

Tru 'dat.

But then you can't get a decent keyboard on any new machine. For example, spec up an orgasm-tastic £16k 12-core Mac Pro and the keyboard you get is just as sh*te.

If it's not a Model M, it's sh*te.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Sat Aug 13, 2011 2:53 pm ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
Why not get a proper keyboard and plug it in to a laptop. I used to keep my laptops on stands as well so that the screen was at a better height and could cool more easily.

Because at that point you're stretching the definition of 'portable' pretty much past breaking point.

Jon
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Aug 13, 2011 3:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Asda offers up £99 8-inch tablet
jonbwfc wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
Why not get a proper keyboard and plug it in to a laptop. I used to keep my laptops on stands as well so that the screen was at a better height and could cool more easily.

Because at that point you're stretching the definition of 'portable' pretty much past breaking point.

Jon

Depends how portable your stand was. Also a thin keyboard can be pretty portable.
Author:  big_D [ Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Asda offers up £99 8-inch tablet
The tablet isn't powerful enough to run Android, it wouldn't stand a chance with Linux.

And I used to always carry a full keyboard with me, when I took my laptop with me. But my current Sony is good enough, when on the road. At home and work I have a Unify mice and keyboards.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:29 pm ]
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big_D wrote:
The tablet isn't powerful enough to run Android, it wouldn't stand a chance with Linux.

What about the really minimal versions of Linux. There is a version so small it fits on a floppy! I can not remember what it is called though. :oops:
Author:  JJW009 [ Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:57 am ]
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Amnesia10 wrote:
What about the really minimal versions of Linux. There is a version so small it fits on a floppy! I can not remember what it is called though. :oops:

Damned Small Linux?

I suspect the cheapest tablet is more than powerful enough for the project, given a million euros of software development.
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